Life-preserver
Pronunciation : Life"-pre*serv`er
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: An apparatus, made in very various forms, and of various materials, for saving one from drowning by buoying up the body while in the water. -- Life"-pre*serv`ing, a.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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